Things are really starting to ramp up on the Palmetto Project. The contractors began stripping the collars last week, as you can see in the pictures below. They also stripped the entire green and collar on number 3, to prepare it to be recontoured, and will do the same to the 7th green this week.
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| Here you can see how the contractors have stripped the grass on the collars. |
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| #3 green being stripped |
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#3 green being entirely stripped and being prepped to be recontoured
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Also, this week we began getting the greens ready for grassing next month. The process of verticutting and grooming began last week. We verticut and groomed the greens 3 times and plan to do the same the following two weeks, to get a total of 9 times on the greens. This helps reduce the thatch layer and provide better soil to sprig contact.
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| The verticutter really did a good job of pulling up the thatch layer, and will continue to with each additional mow. |
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You can see the verticutter, on the left, and the groomer following behind it.
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We had already begun scalping the fairways out once the second application of round-up was allowed to set in. We began the process of verticutting the front 9 fairways, in preparation to lay the sprigs towards the end of the month. Just like the greens this process helps thin out the thatch layer and provide better soil to sprig contact. We will verticut the fairways one more time in addition to aerifying them. Once they are verticut we will begin the process of cleaning them up. We will drag, blow, and mow them to help provide the best possible conditions for the sprigs
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| As you can see the verticutter kicks up quite a bit of thatch and soil. |
. Things are really starting to get in high gear on the project. We hope you all are just as excited as we are to see the end result. Stay tuned to the blog for more updates as the work continues.
